This week at Gray's Farm - W/B 18th May

Week beginning: 18th May

Nursery

This week in Nursery we are following the children’s curiosity straight up the beanstalk! We will be reading the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, using the story to spark our imaginations.

To bring the magic to life, the children will be planting their own beans in jars. This allows them to observe the fascinating germination process up close. As our sprouts grow, we’ll be practicing our early math skills by measuring their height to see whose beanstalk is reaching for the giant first!

Reception

This week, the children will be learning about animals, their habitats, and their young. This will help develop the children's curiosity about the natural world while supporting key areas of learning across the curriculum. On Thursday during our farm trip we will be experiencing first hand how animals are cared for.

In maths we will continue to work on number patterns within 20.

On Friday, we will be having a visit from the Fire Services, unless they get a call out again to talk to the children about their role and what to do in the event of a fire.

Year 1

English and Maths is test papers ready for the next academic year. Friday will be DT day which includs making puppets.

Year 2

This week in Maths, we will be completing two maths test papers.

In English, we will be completing two reading test papers.

Towards the end of the week, we will have a day and a half on DT and we will be designing and making our own hand puppets!

Year 3

In English, we are going to look at verbs and their importance in our writing. Towards the end of the week, we are going to use a variety of verbs to describe characters.

In Maths, we are going to look at Geometry and how we can describe and identify right angles in turns.

Year 4

This week, year 4 are continuing to work incredibly hard in preparation for our Multiplication Tables Check. We don't have long to go now so it is crucial that we practice every night when we get home. The magic number to improve our times tables is 21 minutes a night so we are aiming for this every day. In English we are continuing to look at how paragraphs are used and structured within narrative writing. We are excited this week to be learning about food chains and finding ways to apply this learning across the curriculum including in Computing!

Year 5

This week is NTS week. We will be showcasing our reading skills, using a number of strategies to answer comprehension questions. Arithmetic and reasoning is the focus of our maths sessions; solving a variety of questions involving all four operations, fractions, decimals and percentages. In English, we are investigating the features of a newspaper report. 

Year 6

This week, in geography, we will be researching the different tribes that live in the Rainforest. In science, we will be investigating the different parts of our blood and their functions. On Tuesday, we have our Citizenship morning at Orpington Fire Station whilst on Wednesday afternoon we have a visitor from the recycling centre.